Comments on: Catching Up on April News and Sales http://www.hddvd.com/go.php/catching-up-on-april-news-and-sales/ Useful news and information about HD DVD and related technologies and products Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:14:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Pravin http://www.hddvd.com/go.php/catching-up-on-april-news-and-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-1536 Pravin Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:05:08 +0000 http://www.hddvd.com/go.php/catching-up-on-april-news-and-sales/#comment-1536 Your HD DVD player will enforce whatever regional restrictions are on the discs you play. HD DVD titles were typically not bound to any region, thus you can freely import them. Since DVD discs often are region-coded, you won't be able to play them if they're from another region. This thread at the AVS forum discusses firmware hacking on US players so they'll work with import DVDs, but it seems a little risky: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=981941 Your HD DVD player will enforce whatever regional restrictions are on the discs you play. HD DVD titles were typically not bound to any region, thus you can freely import them. Since DVD discs often are region-coded, you won’t be able to play them if they’re from another region.

This thread at the AVS forum discusses firmware hacking on US players so they’ll work with import DVDs, but it seems a little risky: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=981941

]]> By: patrick http://www.hddvd.com/go.php/catching-up-on-april-news-and-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-1535 patrick Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:54:12 +0000 http://www.hddvd.com/go.php/catching-up-on-april-news-and-sales/#comment-1535 Can imported standard dvds be played on an hd dvd player, since imported HDDVDS can? I've always wanted the 2 disc special edition of The Fifth Element from the UK. I love that cover. Can imported standard dvds be played on an hd dvd player, since imported HDDVDS can? I’ve always wanted the 2 disc special edition of The Fifth Element from the UK. I love that cover.

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